I look at these reduction threads and can't help but be a little amused. Some of us tried to tell you guys for years the way the herd was heading. I started several threads years ago posting stuff about the issue only to hear they are over populated or learn to hunt and etc.

Now I've seen many of those same folks complain about lack of deer. There are still several here that are so pro dnr/legislation they will do whatever they are told blindly. In the next couple years it is gonna get worse. The ones that have the means and spend time on their properties to see what is happening will be fine.

I killed 3 does this year off one bow only managed property and saw 19 and 17 on my last two hunts. Unlike what I will probably be told or led to believe, none of them were malnourished and there was no browse line in the area, Haha. We improve the habitat and make decisions based on what we have as our own goals not what we are forced to swallow.

I feel for the guys who have no other options but to hunt areas they can't manage with the brown and downers who follow the guidelines of the kill em all legislation.

I'm sure I will be flamed for this post but I don't care. The same guys will be griping in a few years and jealous of the guys who've planned ahead not needing copy and paste posted links from politicians to tell them how their deer herd/wildlife are faring. If you are conservation minded and on your property year round you should know more than any indy NRC board.